What The Heck Is An Egg Shoot?

An Egg Shoot? That is the question I get when I advertise over the net that
I’m running my annual Egg Shoot. My friends and I like to shoot
highly accurate rifles and handguns. A few years ago we were thinking about
targets we could use at 200, 300, and 500 yds that would show impact and didn’t
have to be cleaned up after the shooting was done. We hit upon eggs! (No pun
intended).

Four or Five times a year at a rifle range in Dartmouth, Massachusetts
I run an Egg Shoot.

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Palomino Bronco

Back in the 80s I had a pickup truck camper. It was a nasty affair that I paid $500 for and think I got took! (Representative picture…no digital pictures exist of my old camper) On the back of a Chevy K20 pickup I hauled that thing all over hill and dale. Took the kids to

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Marlin 1895G – From Round to Octagon Barrel

Converting a Marlin 1895G from 18 1/2″ Round Barrel to 24″ Octagon Barrel

I started collecting Marlin lever action rifles a few months ago. A bit of nostalgia as the first NEW rifle I ever owned was a Marlin 336 in 30-30. My girlfriend at the time bought it for me as a birthday present. In 1972 it cost $79! (BTW…I married that girl!)

The bug hit when I saw a 1894 Cowboy at a gun shop. But the price was rather high. About ten times what that 336 cost many years ago. I looked around for a 1894CB in 45 Long Colt and soon found one just one town over. Seems the fellow bought it for Cowboy Action and lost interest.  Next I found another 1894CB in 32H&R Magnum. This one came from half way across the country. The 32 H&R Magnum is one of my all time favorite cartridges. I have a number of revolvers chambered for it. A great plinking, small game round. I then started to look for a 22RF. I wanted a 1897 with its octagon barrel to match the other two, but a beautiful 39 Mountie made itself available from a friend so I snatched it up. This left me with a hole in the big bore category. The 45-70 has always been a favorite. One of these days I’ll get a Sabatti Double Rifle in this caliber. So the search started. Very hard to find an octagonal barrel in 45-70, but a buddy of mine was thinning out his collection and sold me his 1895G in just about new condition for a very good price. I bought it with the intention of shipping it off to one of the lever action gunsmiths to have a 22″ octagon barrel installed.

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